Great White hanging out at E/End Catalina

Balluga · Jun-16-2007, 05:56 PM

free divers need to stay alert while diving the east end light area...a great white came up and took a seal swimming in the chum line of two gals who were fishing for wsb near the eagles nest on the east end...a day or two later, the Avalon Harbor Patrol witnessed another seal being eaten by a great white...stay alert out there, especiallly along the east end quarry dropoff where they like to cruise...

SMOKEY · Jun-16-2007, 05:59 PM

Great news! Now we need some more to show up here locally.

yknot · Jun-16-2007, 06:10 PM

be nice to see a couple more great whites to eat the seals.

BRINGEROFBLOOD · Jun-16-2007, 07:18 PM

hell ya kill all those seals !! Theres need to be hunting season!! lol

Kurt · Jun-16-2007, 08:18 PM

munch munch munch

Love those GW's

Blank · Jun-16-2007, 08:26 PM

FYI there has been a GW on the east end for quite some time.

Firebird · Jun-16-2007, 08:42 PM

I'm sure the guys that will be doing the paddle from the Isthmus to Manhattan Pier later this summer will hoping that GW stays home at the east end.

Duramax · Jun-16-2007, 09:27 PM

Hope no one is going to try and catch those GW'S..............

Balluga · Jun-16-2007, 11:00 PM

Just to liven it up a little more...a sport charter boat on the 425 just reported seeing a great white they estimated to be at least 25'...yes, they do get that big....a new world spearfishing record....

Shaka760 · Jun-17-2007, 12:59 AM

Go Whitey!!!!

Yellowtail Dan · Jun-17-2007, 05:21 AM

Homegaurd or the Land lord they've allways been there

rojodiablo · Jun-17-2007, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Yellowtail Dan

Homegaurd or the Land lord they've allways been there

That chickenshit finned pussy wasn't there yesterday. But then again, neither were the fucking WSB....

xahx · Jun-19-2007, 09:13 PM

where exactly is eagles nest?? east end... the LB carnage taht sells live bait always to claim to be on the west end, but tahts only looking form CA coast...
They are actually on the east endish area.

East end that your talking about is round the corner of avalon right? where is eagles nest?? i need to stay away from the GWS!

chompe chompe no good, i would like my body parts until i get a rebreather!

BTW, isnt the GWS protected?? id shoot his ass if he came at me!

Fishing Addict · Jun-19-2007, 11:30 PM

You can only dive so safe. Not too much you can do to fend off a GWS. Probably never see it coming anyway.

WIDEOPENBITE · Jun-20-2007, 04:35 AM

From my brother, a former commercial abalone diver at the Farralons. He was out a San Miguel Island the day an urchin diver was killed by Whitey.

95% of kills are at the surface; as visibility decreases - chances of human strike increase exponentially; same with breeding time (late fall, I believe).

Lesson: Don't be treading water off the swimstep, after a storm, while hunting your Christmas bugs.

goldminer · Jun-20-2007, 05:29 AM

Hope that big White has a big appetite.

slayeroffshore · Jun-25-2007, 09:42 PM

saw two at la jolla in the last week

ericthefishman · Jun-26-2007, 12:15 AM

He's been there since i was a little kid.

Duramax · Jun-26-2007, 05:42 AM

Also best way for seal control, need more of those and the island's.
Damm seal's can really piss you off

Carcharodon · Jun-26-2007, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by slayeroffshore

saw two at la jolla in the last week

haha ya and they are everywhere at barn kelp...and laguna! Yes! They are eveywhere in laguna..same at malibu! Big fuckers...all 16'+ in the surf at county line! Dont dive or fish any of these places!

bradmaralbacore · Jun-26-2007, 07:55 AM

hopefully it stays, has millions of little baby great whites, and they eat every last seal between santa barabara and clipperton island.

Beek · Jul-03-2007, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by xahx

where exactly is eagles nest?? east end... the LB carnage taht sells live bait always to claim to be on the west end, but tahts only looking form CA coast...
They are actually on the east endish area.

East end that your talking about is round the corner of avalon right? where is eagles nest?? i need to stay away from the GWS!

chompe chompe no good, i would like my body parts until i get a rebreather!

BTW, isnt the GWS protected?? id shoot his ass if he came at me!

Eagles nest is on the west end.

slydawg · Jul-03-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Beek

Eagles nest is on the west end.

There's also an east end nest.

WIDEOPENBITE · Jul-03-2007, 11:05 AM

Sighting posted at PSL and Pismo, too.

albatross · Jul-03-2007, 01:11 PM

:appl :

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:ap pl:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balluga

free divers need to stay alert while diving the east end light area...a great white came up and took a seal swimming in the chum line of two gals who were fishing for wsb near the eagles nest on the east end...a day or two later, the Avalon Harbor Patrol witnessed another seal being eaten by a great white...stay alert out there, especiallly along the east end quarry dropoff where they like to cruise...

Mark the Shark · Jul-04-2007, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Balluga

Just to liven it up a little more...a sport charter boat on the 425 just reported seeing a great white they estimated to be at least 25'...yes, they do get that big....a new world spearfishing record....

Record GWS is 21' feet, caught in 1948. Of course, there are tons of those
"I saw one that HAD to be 25'-long" stories out there, but the fact is there is ZERO evidence of any over that 21' mark. See this link for more info:
Largest Ocean Carnivore

calbrewguy · Jul-04-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by WIDEOPENBITE

From my brother, a former commercial abalone diver at the Farralons. He was out a San Miguel Island the day an urchin diver was killed by Whitey.

95% of kills are at the surface; as visibility decreases - chances of human strike increase exponentially; same with breeding time (late fall, I believe).

Lesson: Don't be treading water off the swimstep, after a storm, while hunting your Christmas bugs.

I knew him, Jimmy Robinson. We went to commercial dive school together at Santa barbara CC. He had just entered the water and was waiting for his tender to give him the collection bags when the fish took his left leg completely off and half the right in one bite. Never knew what hit him. He bled out almost before he could be hauled onto deck. Needless to say, the tender was completely freaked out. He had to stay with the body 4 hours until USCG got there and then had to drive the boat back to SB.

Balluga · Jul-05-2007, 09:54 AM

I stand corrected on the size of the 25' sighting...a call to the skipper indicated the white was definately over 20' and possibly as big as 25'...however, there are 25'ers out there...swordfish spotter plane pilots know the sizes down to a foot or two...they have reported seeing several whites in the channel between Catalina and SCI that were 25' in size..some years back a F&G biologist on scuba at Santa Barbara Island had one go by him about 20' away...he said, based on the size of surrounding rocks, kelp, etc, that the fish was close to 25' long...at any rate, stay away from seal congregations when you free diving...

pg60 · Jul-05-2007, 09:59 AM

That band rocks!

macka17 · Apr-12-2008, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by pg60

That band rocks!

Hi.
Over here in Australia. They used to do Whaling at several points round the coast.

I've seen some of the old Sepia. late 1800, early 1900 Photo's. Taken by pro photographers .

Some of those Pointers in the Southern Ocean. Are Way Over 25 ft long.
I saw one Photo. Taken on Whale Mothership, Flensing deck.
Whale just winched up slipway. Out of shark's mouths.

One Bite. Had 4 full grown men standing in it.
Genuine too. Not Mockup. They still had tools in hands, and blood everywhere.

They reckon Pointers stay coastal till about 20ft or so. Then go Oceanic.
Don't forget. They never stop moving. AND. They never stop growing either...
Some of those sharks were near as big as the whales..

Regards
Macka17